My Rex rebuild

[mikey-t]

fairly quiet day today, spent my time winding up the staff working in the office etc etc
did get a couple of parcels and shopping things done though.

big respect to mr china man who noted down on the paperwork that my expensive :censored::censored::censored::censored: was actually worth 10 us dollars, he knows,,,,,


downpipe, sorted
nice bit of flexi action to stop the cracky cracky jizz




also sorted out my oil feed in swaged AN-3 braid, with a nice little result of dirt cheap XRP fire sleeve, offcuts ftw!!!

usually like £12 a metre



all my fuel lines should be here by the weekend for us to plumb the :censored::censored::censored::censored::censored: up, my wire guy will be out on sunday to go over the routings that i want so he can length the cable and branch out to suit and then he can complete / terminate the loom and we should be one step closer

[mikey-t]

did not get as much done today as i had hoped but there is still light at the end of the tunnel

we mocked up all the fuel lines and got them cut to length but installing them into xrp fittings with no vice is a ball ache so thats being done elsewere now.

i managed to get the oil cooler plumbed in with one braid so far just need to build and install the 2 lines to the engine block top and bottom.
im thinking of running one long one to the anti roll  bar and secure it there, (read cable tie the :censored::censored::censored::censored: out of it) and route the rest along any non moving part i can find

got the manifold and turbo mounted permanent and then mocked up the downpipe to mid pipe sections, after taking a hammer and then a bigger hammer and then cutters to the heat shield we got it in but there is minimal clearance.

im hoping i can just get it started and out the workshop as it is and then trailer it to stockport or someone local and get them to extend the downpipe out a bit and then make me a new exhaust back from there including a silenced de-cat.

i will replace all the heat shield i cut out with some more efficient stickyback heat foil. and then wrap the downpipe once its been edited.










god knows how you boys get your mahoosive turbos in there




next task is to find a suitable fan or twin fans with controllers so i can do away with all the mazda :censored::censored::censored::censored:, get some temporary silicone hoses until i can get my hard pipes made up and general odds and sods.


any parts or hands that like working on rx7s would be more than welcome at this point, cheers for following

[boosted]

Looks like its all coming together now! good work! keep it up.

[mikey-t]

Cheers matey muchly appreciated,

[boosted]

Worth it in the end that turn the key moment gonna be epic!

[Hobbawobba]

Nice looking build man. Been watching it for a while now aye haha:Giggle

any parts or hands that like working on rx7s would be more than welcome at this point, cheers for following

Im not too far from Redditch, if you ever want a hand and I\'m not at work aye! Not very experienced.. But I suppose itd be better than nothing?:chat

[mikey-t]

Cheers all what I really need right now is someone with a tig welder and experience to help me with some fab work, these people are hard to find

[mikey-t]

Today we have been playing the shielding game

[mikey-t]

quiet day today. ordered my wideband and stuff and enquired about buying a unit/workshop for me and a mate.
been told my work is about to go mental so i may delay the build and come back with a pocket full of money and some changes to the build,

so today i got to try out my new impact wrench. one wheel took me 2 days to split, today i did 3 wheels in 40 minutes flat.

happy days, off to powder coaters when they open next day off





looking at getting the stickers remade by a company i used to do some work for,
may have some spare if they come out ok, these ones are bent and discoloured




i have filled my box file full of receipts and invoices, always concerning when you have to buy a second box file for receipts

[mikey-t]

My powdercoater has disappeared so today I have had to hunt around and find a new powdercoaters that I can entrust my little babies to,
Hope they live up to the reputation they have got, will post pics when they come back,
I have told the guy to take his time and mask properly as I can\'t afford to have powdercoat on a mating face,

[mikey-t]

More goodies turned up today,

[Casey]

Great to see your progress and nice shiny things arriving :Thumbs-up

[mikey-t]

Had a go at redesigning the sticker that goes on my alloy wheels, will have it made up in a 3d domed sticker as per the original Desmond - RE sticker.
Hopefully it won\'t look to tacky

[mikey-t]

So not had a lot of time at home this past few weeks. Work on the car has been a bit sporadic.
Sorted some bits of the power loom out, seriously high quality compared to the standard tat




This is just the section from the battery terminal to main relay and fuse box with a inbuilt isolator etc
Also got some new nuts for the split rims, and my stickers arrived





Main loom got a bit messy




Tatted up some components I had lying around






Nearly there with the loom





And pretty much done apart from final resistance tests etc etc

All fully sealed, any data has been shielded, all over braided and sealed again. Also identified with actual part numbers etc and lengthed and routed to my spec which should hopefully avoid any deterioration

  So yeah slow but progress

[mikey-t]

Oh and fuel lines are done!